Octopuses caught on camera throwing things at each other

Re:Octopuses caught on camera throwing things at each other by jjtheblunt on Saturday November 12, 2022 @09:49PM (#33579460)

apparatus is a past participle from apparare, so as an adjective plural would follow second declension, not fourth, i thought.

used as a noun, it's an (implicit thing) prepared (which preparatus would describe, but i guess we don't have any other word in English other than apparatus.

i don't have a Latin dictionary though

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Re:Octopuses caught on camera throwing things at each other by jacobmartin on Monday November 14, 2022 @03:21PM (#33600413)

apparatus is first/second as a past participle. I suppose it could be used as a substantive, but there is also a fourth declension noun with the same lemma meaning implements, tools, etc.: https://logeion.uchicago.edu/apparatus

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